But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is‘ devoted to God,’

你们倒说：‘无论何人对父母说：我所当奉给你的已经作了供献，

你们倒说：‘无论谁对父母说：我所当供奉你的已经作了奉献，

你们倒说：‘无论谁对父母说：我所当供奉你的已经作了奉献，

你们却说，‘人如果把供养父母的钱奉献给上帝，

你们却说：‘人若对父母说：“我应该给你们的，已经作了献给神的礼物”，

你们却说‘如果有人对父亲或母亲说：我本该给你的已经做了圣殿奉献，

你們倒說：『無論何人對父母說：我所當奉給你的已經作了供獻，

你們倒說：『無論誰對父母說：我所當供奉你的已經作了奉獻，

你們倒說：『無論誰對父母說：我所當供奉你的已經作了奉獻，

你們卻說，『人如果把供養父母的錢奉獻給上帝，

你們卻說：‘人若對父母說：“我應該給你們的，已經作了獻給神的禮物”，

你們倒說：『無論何人對父親或母親說：「你可由我得益之物、已經用做獻神禮物了」；

你們卻說『如果有人對父親或母親說：我本該給你的已經做了聖殿奉獻，

爾則曰、若人謂父母云、我所當奉於爾者、已獻於上帝矣、

惟爾則曰、若人對父母云、我所當奉親者、已獻為禮物、

惟爾曰、若人對父母云、爾所當得於我者、已獻為禮物、

汝則曰：「人第對父母云我所當奉親者、已獻為禮物、

But suppose people have something that might be used to help their parents. You allow them to say it is instead‘ a gift set apart for God.’

But you say,‘ If anyone tells his father or his mother,“ What you would have gained from me is given to God,”

But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents,‘ Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’

But you say,‘ Whoever tells his father or mother,“ Whatever benefit you might have received from me is a gift committed to the temple,”

But you say,‘ Whoever says to his father or mother,“ Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God,”

But you say,‘ Whoever says to his father or mother,“ Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God”—

But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God;

But you say,‘ Whoever tells his father or mother,“ Whatever benefit you might have received from me is a gift committed to the temple”—

But ye say, Whosoever shall say to[ his] father or[ his] mother,[ It is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

But you say,‘ If someone tells his father or mother,“ Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”

But you say,‘ Whoever may tell his father or his mother,“ Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”

But Peter and John replied,“ Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges!

“ Woe to you, blind guides! You say,‘ If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?You also say,‘ If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.’

Peter and the other apostles replied:“ We must obey God rather than human beings!

For Moses said,‘ Honor your father and mother,’ and,‘ Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban( that is, devoted to God)—then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother.Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”

But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me,‘ Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’Now then, hear the word of the Lord. You say,“‘ Do not prophesy against Israel, and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’“ Therefore this is what the Lord says:“‘ Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be measured and divided up, and you yourself will die in a pagan country. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.’”

It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one’s vows.

“‘ If what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy.They must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one; if they should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy.If what they vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal— one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord— the animal must be presented to the priest,who will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be.If the owner wishes to redeem the animal, a fifth must be added to its value.“‘ If anyone dedicates their house as something holy to the Lord, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain.If the one who dedicates their house wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become theirs.“‘ If anyone dedicates to the Lord part of their family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it— fifty shekels of silver to a homer of barley seed.If they dedicate a field during the Year of Jubilee, the value that has been set remains.But if they dedicate a field after the Jubilee, the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced.If the one who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become theirs.If, however, they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed.When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the Lord; it will become priestly property.“‘ If anyone dedicates to the Lord a field they have bought, which is not part of their family land,the priest will determine its value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the owner must pay its value on that day as something holy to the Lord.In the Year of Jubilee the field will revert to the person from whom it was bought, the one whose land it was.Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.“‘ No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord; whether an ox or a sheep, it is the Lord’s.If it is one of the unclean animals, it may be bought back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If it is not redeemed, it is to be sold at its set value.“‘ But nothing that a person owns and devotes to the Lord— whether a human being or an animal or family land— may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the Lord.“‘ No person devoted to destruction may be ransomed; they are to be put to death.“‘ A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.Whoever would redeem any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value to it.Every tithe of the herd and flock— every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod— will be holy to the Lord.No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution. If anyone does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.’”These are the commands the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai for the Israelites.